Bangalore: Indian Government and the social media have recently been dragged into hot debates following Government’s attempts to tighten its clutches on the Medias with strict guidelines, regulations and even demanding exercise control over online contents.

Things went to an extent with many accusing government for the fact that it lacked understanding of the medium and therefore, cannot or should not be allowed to regulate it. Finally the Government has woken up to the calls and decided to engaging via social media and as a first step, in August, issued guidelines for use of social media to its various departments.

While we are yet to see a complete engagement of the government through social networks, there are a few politicians as well as some government bodies, who have already been enjoying these privileges from a long time back, to effectively reach their targets.

Let us meet some social networking stars of Indian Government.

Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor is the most popular and widely followed Indian politician in the social networks. He has recently gained the status of one of most influential Indians on the social media. The current Member of Parliament, who entered politics in 2009 after his long career at the United Nations, has a strong fan base of 1,513,884 followers in Twitter. Thanks to his striking tweets, more often than not, he fuels controversies and was always in news.